JERSEY CITY, NJ – Junior center Tyere Marshall (Philadelphia, PA/Martin Luther King/Putnam Science) scored a career-high 25 points to go along with 14 rebounds as the Rider University men's basketball team defeated hOURglass rival Saint Peter's, 71-65, Sunday afternoon at the Yanitelli Center. With the win, the Broncs improve to 14-13 (9-6 MAAC), while the Peacocks dip to 6-19 (3-10 MAAC). The double-double was Marshall's second-consecutive and his team-leading third of the year.  

The Broncs scored the game's first five points and led until a 10-0 Saint Peter's run gave the Peacocks a 22-18 edge. But Rider scored 10 of the last 14 points in the period to take a 31-28 lead at the half. Frederick Scott (Munster, IN/Simeon [DePaul]) led the Broncs with nine points, while Marshall added four. The Peacocks kept it close with 50.0 percent (10-20) shooting to the Broncs' 40.0 percent (10-25). However, the Broncs made 5-of-9 from long range, holding Saint Peter's (0-4) without a three-point field goal.

After scoring the final three points of the first half, Rider continued to run with the eight of the second half for an 11-0 run. Anthony Durham (Philadelphia, PA/Abington/Putnam Science) scored the Broncs' first five points of the half, while Marshall had the next three. Rider's lead extended to as many as 18 with 8:26 remaining before the Peacocks began to whittle away late. The final six-point margin was the closest Saint Peter's drew after the 16:56 mark of the second half.

Quotes & Notes
"We're starting to play better. Guys are sharing the ball. We're defending a little better, shooting the ball a little better. We're just playing better as a team and I think all that comes with guys exhaling now that we were able to get a win the other night and just going back to who we are."

"I was always confident. We've been through this before. I've been through it before as a coach. It's just a matter of saying, 'hey fellas, we've been here. Let's get better, let's continue to pull together.' Once we won one, we knew that we have a chance to continue to win some more."

"If we can go inside and have a presence in the paint, the sky is the limit for us. We're starting to make some more shots. We can play inside-out. Teams have been packing it in on us because we haven't been making shots. But when we can get it inside to Tyere and he can make those shots and play into his strengths, we're going to be hard to beat."  – Rider Head Coach Kevin Baggett

"We're getting back on track, but we're just trying to stay focused. We know what we're capable of. We're just going to try to stay focused and try to carry it on."

"Actually, my sneaks ripped. I had to change shoes. It was crazy before the game. I couldn't even warm up. I had to find sneaks. I had to do so much before the game. (The shoes I wore) were in the manager's bag and these aren't even my size – I were size 13 ½ and these are 15. So, I didn't even play in my size. I just had to try to play with them."

"It helps us when I contribute. When you're got an inside presence, it helps everybody else. It makes it easier for the wings. And then, when they're focusing on me, I try to distribute to the wings and get them open shots."  – Rider junior center Tyere Marshall

- The game was the 67^th meeting in the all-time series with Saint Peter's, with Rider holding a 37-30 lead. The Broncs have now swept the last two regular-season series.
- Rider led at the half for the sixth time in MAAC play, pushing its record to 4-2.
- With other results around the league Sunday, the Broncs are now just one game back in the loss column to Canisius (9-5) and Quinnipiac (9-5), tied with Monmouth (9-6) and a game up in the win column to Iona (8-6) and Siena (8-6).
- After playing eight games in the last 18 days, Rider has just one game over the next 11. The Broncs play host to Niagara on Friday at 7 p.m., before finishing out the season with a home game against Iona (Mar. 1) and a road contest at Marist (Mar. 3).       
 
Broncs by the Numbers
- Marshall matched his career high of 11 field goals made on a career-high 19 attempts. He made 11-of-17 in his previous scoring his previous career high of 23 points on Dec. 2, 2017 at Drexel.
- Half of Marshall's 14 rebounds came on the offensive glass, where he accounted for seven of Rider's 12 offensive boards.
- Durham scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half.
- Frederick Scott (Munster, IN/Simeon [DePaul]) and Stevie Jordan (Bensalem, PA/Conwell-Egan/API) added 12 points apiece for the Broncs. Jordan also had five rebounds and a career-high three blocked shots.  
- The Broncs won for the second-straight game despite being outshot. The Peacocks took a 45.1 percent (23-51) to 40.7 percent (22-54) edge from the floor. However, the Broncs made 8-of-18 (44.4 percent) from long range to the Peacocks' 1-of-11 (9.1 percent).
- Saint Peter's took a 33-32 edge on the boards.
- Jordan had one steal, pulling him into a tie with Ed Titus '88 for ninth (136) in program history. Jonathon Thompson '13 is now just two in front of Jordan for eighth with 138.
- Rider was outscored in the paint, 40-24, marking just the third time in 15 league games. The Broncs have now outscored league foes, 568-462, in the paint for an average of +7.1 points per game. Marshall scored 22 of Rider's 24 points in the paint.  
- Entering the game 11^th in the nation at 9.2 steals per game, Rider had six steals today.